Size-stick.



V, A. HOBART.

SiZE STICK.

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VALENTEEN A. HOBART, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

SIZE-STICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 29, 1918.

Application filed January 26, 1918. Serial No. 213,951.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALENTEEN A. HOBART, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Spokane, in the county. ofSpokane and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Size-Sticks, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a measuring device for application to shoes for use by salesmen in fitting shoes to customers, and for similar uses.

An object of the present invention is to provide a size stick of this character which is collapsible and may be folded into relatively small space and placed in the pocket; a size stick which may be readilyset up for quick adjustment to the foot; a size stick which comprises relatively few parts substantially constructed and assembled; to provide a size stick which may be economically manufactured.

Various other objects and advantages of this invention will be in-part described, and in part understood, from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a size stick construe-tedaccording to the present invention andset up for use.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken longitudinally through the same.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the size stick.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken through the size stick on a vertical plane, and showing the same collapsed.

Fig. 5 is an inner end elevation of the size stick showing the heel engaging end thereof.

Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section taken through the outer end of the adjustable member of the device.

Referring to this drawing, the body part comprises a number of telescoping tubes, such as 10, 11 and 12 shown in the present instance, the tubes being preferably of hollow metallic construction, and being noncircular in contour to prevent the relative axial turning of the sections. The sections 11 and 12 are preferably slightly flared at their endslS to interlock in the correspondingly reduced'ends of the sections 10 and 11 when the tubes are assembled.

The inner tube 10, orthe tube which is adapted to engage beneath the heel of the foot, is provided upon its inner extremity with a strap 14: encircling the tube 10 and having its end portion projecting upwardly at opposite sides of the tube to form ears 15. An arm or rest 16 is pivotally mounted at its lower end between the ears 15 on a pin 17 which extends transversely through the cars 15 and supports the arm 16 for pivotal movement in the vertical longitudinal plane of the body part. The lower or shorter end of the arm 16 is provided with a transverse pin or stud 18 adapted to enter an arcuate groove 19 formed in the rear edge of each car 15. The groove 19 of each ear 15 terminates at its lower end in a vertical plane of the pivot pin 17 and is adapted to retain the adjacent stud 18 from further forward movement and hold the arm 16 in right angular relation with respect to the tube section 10.

A shiftable arm or contact member 20 is mounted to slide longitudinally upon the body part, said arm 20 being pivoted upon a transverse pin 21 which is secured through the upstanding ears 22 which rise from a sleeve 23 surrounding the body part. The sleeve or collar 23 is of a size sufficient to receive thetube 12 therein, and the lower or short end of the arm 20 has seated therein a resilient cushioning or yielding block 24 adapted to contact with the upper edge portion of the body part between the cars 22 and take up inequalities in the space between the arm 20 and the upper surface of the body part incident to the variations in the thicknesses of the tubes.

The collar or sleeve 14 is secured upon the inner end of the tube section 10 by means of transverse rivets 25 which also forms stops to engage the inner ends of the tube sections 11 and 12 and retain thelatter from accidental displacement from the tube section 10. The upper faces of the tube sec tions 10, 11 and 12 are preferably flat, and are provided from end to end of the body part with a graduated scale. The upstanding cars 22 of the slidable collar 23 are provided in their outer' edges with arcuate slots 26 into which transverse studs 27 fit, the studs 27 being carried upon the inner short end of the arm 20 and adapted to limit the upward swinging of the arm and retain it in substantially right angular relation with respect to the body portion.

If desired, the shiftable sleeve 23 may be provided with tension springs or fingers 28 that the outer ends of the tube sections and 11 are gradually reduced to provide inclined surfaces over which the sleeve 23 may slide without binding or catching, and the spring fingers 28 are preferably out-turned at their free ends to form rounded bearing surfaces for engaging over the extremities of the tube sections. The resilient pad 24 is adapted to yieldingly hold the shiftable member in adjusted position so as to retain the latter in its correct relation on the body portion with respect to the graduations.

As shown in Fig. 3, the graduations are preferably divided into a scale of small sizes, such as 1 to 13 as shown at 29, and the outer end of the body, portion is preferably provided with a scale of graduations indicating larger sizes, as indicated at'SO. From Fig. 4, it will be noted that it is preferable to construct the slidable tube sections 11 and 12 of greater length than the inner section 10 so that when the sections are collapsed together, the sections 11 and 12 may be readily grasped by the fingers for extending the device.

In use, it is only necessary to raise the arms 16 and 20 into upstanding position, as shown in Fig. 1. The first slidable section 11 may be drawn out to its full extent, and

if the body portion is not of suflicient length to afford the proper adjl'lstment of the shiftable arm or member 20, the outer end section 12 may be grasped and extended through the intermediate section. The sleeve or slide 23 is now shifted along the body portion into contact with the end of the foot and the resilient pad 24 is adapted to retain the shiftable element in adjusted position.

When it is desired to close up the device for placing in the pocket or the like, it is only necessary to collapse the tube sections 11 and 12 within the section 10 and to slide the sleeve 23 over the tube sections into close slipped into the pocket.

It is of, course understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described form of this invention, without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

I. claim: 1. In a slze stick for measurlng shoes, the

combination of a body, a foot engaging element carried at one end of the body, a collar slldably mounted upon the body part, a second foot engaging element pivotally carried by said collar, and a cushioning block carried upon said second engaging element and adapted to bind against the body portion and retain the second element in longitudi nally adjusted position thereon.

2. In a size stick, for measuring shoes, the combination of a body, a foot engaging element carried at one end of the body, a collar slidably mounted upon the body, a second foot engaging element pivotally carried by said collar, and relatively flat springs carried by said collar and yieldably engaging said body.

3. In a size stick for measuring shoes, the combination of a body comprising a plural ity of telescopically connected sections, a foot engaging element rising from one end of the body and adapted to be folded down against the body, a collar slidably mounted upon said body, a second foot engaging element pivotally carried by said collar, and a cushioning block carried upon said second engaging element and adapted to bind against the body and retain the second element in longitudinally adjusted position thereon.

4. In a size stick for measuring shoes, the combination of a body composed of a plurality of telescopically connected sections, a foot engaging element carried at one end of the body, a collar slidably mounted upon the body, a second foot engaging element pivotally carried by said collar, relatively flat springs carried by said collar and yieldably engaging said body to provide a sliding connection between the collar and the telescoping sections of the body.

5. In a size stick for measuring shoes, the combination of an elongated body portion comprising a plurality of telescoping tubes, a collar fixed to one end of the body portion and having upstanding cars, a fixed arm pivoted between the ears, cooperating means carried upon the arm and the ears for retaining the arms in upright position when raised, a sleeve slidable over the body portion and over the various sections thereof, an arm pivotally mounted upon the sleeve and adapted to be swung down against the body portion, and means for yieldingly retaining the arm in 'aised position.

6. In a size stick for measuring feet, the combination of a body portion comprising a plurality of telescoping tubes having a longitudinal row of graduations thereon, a stationary foot engaging element pivotally mounted upon one end of the body portion and adapted to be swung down against the body portion, means for holding said element in raised position when swung up from the body portion, a shiftable collar adapted for movement over all of the sections of the body portion, a' second engaging element pivotally mounted upon the shift-able sleeve and adapted to be swung up into parallelsleeve slidably mounted upon said body part and adapted for movement toward and from the fixed engaging member, and a second foot engaging element pivotally mounted upon said sleeve and adapted to be raised therefrom for engaging with the foot, and adapted to yieldingly bind against the body portion for retaining the sleeve in adjusted position.

8. In a size stick for measuring shoes, the

combination of a body, a foot engaging element carried at one end of the body, a col lar slidably mounted upon the body, a sec ond foot engaging element pivotally carried by said collar, a cushioning block carried upon said second engaging element and adapted to bind against the body portion and retain the second element in longitudinally adjusted positions thereon, and relatively flat springs carried by said collar and yieldably engaging said body.

9. In a size stick for measuring shoes, the combination of a body, a collar rigidly carried at one end of the body, slidably carried by thebody, upstanding ears formed upon said second-named collar, foot engaging elements pivotally connected to said ears and provided with arcuate grooves leading upwardly from their edges, and pins carried by said ears and engaging in said grooves to hold said foot engaging elements at right angles to the body.

10. In a size stick for measuring shoes, the combination of a body, a collar rigidly carried at one end of the body, a second collar slidably carried by the body, relatively flat springs carried by said second collar for yieldable engagement with the body, up-

a second collar 7 standing ears formed upon said collar, foot engaging elements pivotally connected to said ears and provided with arcuate grooves m leading inwardly from one of their edges,

and pins carried by said ears and engaging in said grooves to hold said elements at right angles to the body.

11. In a size stick for measuring shoes, the combination of a body, a collar rigidly carried at one end of the body, a second collar slidably carried by the body, upstanding ears formed upon said collars, foot engaging elements pivotally connected to said ears and provided with arcuate grooves leading inwardly from one of their edges, pins carried by said ears and engaging in said grooves to hold said foot engaging elements at right angles to the body, and a cushioning block carried upon the foot engaging elements pivotally carried by said second collar and adapted to bind against the body portion and retain the foot engaging elements which is carried by the second collar in longitudinally adjusted positions upon the body.

12. In a size stick for measuring shoes, the combination of a body comprising a plurality of telescopically connected sec tions, a collar rigidly carried at one end of the bodv, a second collar slidably carried by the body, relatively flat springs carried by said second collar and yieldably engaging said body to maintain a firm sliding connection between the second collar and the various sections of the body, upstanding ears formed unon said collars, foot engaging elements pivotally connected to said ears and provided with arcuate grooves leading inwardly from one of their edges, pins carried by said ears and engaging in said grooves to hold said foot engaging elements at right angles to the body, and a cushioning block carried upon the foot engaging elements which is pivotally connected to the second collar, said cushioning block adapted to bind against the body portion and retain the sliding collar in longitudinally adjusted positions upon the body.

VALENTEEN A. HOBART.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

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